The Line of Least Resistance 阻力最小的方向 Editor's Note: This is a weekly multimedia series of American short stories for English language learners. Each story will have video, audio, quizzes, and a lesson plan for teachers. Look for the new...
AS IT IS 2014-10-17 Islamic State Militants Become Target for Jokes 伊斯兰国家的激进分子在歌曲中遭调侃 Across the Middle East artists are attacking Islamic State fighters with jokes, making fun of them with music, cartoons and videos...
Having Problems with a School Paper? 学校论文有问题? Today we welcome a return visit from Jennifer Ahern-Dodson, assistant professor of The Practice in Writing Studies at Duke University in North Carolina. Ms. Ahern-Dodson serves as outreach d...
Second Texas Nurse with Ebola Flew on Plane on Monday 美国德州第二名感染埃博拉护士曾乘坐民航休假 The second U.S. health care worker to have gotten the deadly Ebola virus flew on a commercial airplane just one day before feeling i...
AS IT IS 2014-10-16 Indian Prime Minister Launches Cleanup Campaign 印度总理发起清洁运动 Indias prime minister, Narendra Modi, has started a nationwide campaign to clean up the country and provide toilets to all homes by 2019. The effort is...
How to Weather a Solar Storm 如何抵御太阳风暴发表 Powerful winds from the sun affect the earths atmosphere. These solar winds cause the beautiful aurora borealis, also known as the northern lights. These winds are also responsible for many...
US Nurse with Ebola Is 'Doing Well' The Texas nurse who became the first person sickened with the Ebola virus on U.S. soil says she is doing well. Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas released a statement Tuesday from Nina Pham. She said she...
AS IT IS 2014-10-15 Naming the Nameless Dead on US-Mexico Border 确认墨美边境无名死者的名字 From January to September of this year an estimated 230 migrants died trying to cross the border from Mexico into the United States. This is acco...
AS IT IS 2014-10-15 Catholic Bishops Discuss Teachings on Gays, Divorce The Roman Catholic Church has long been critical of love relationships between two people of the same sex. The church has also sharply criticized sexual activity outside of marri...
AS IT IS 2014-10-15 Spacecraft Sends 'Tantalizing' Information from Mars 飞船从火星发回诱人的信息 Scientists working on the year-long American mission to explore Mars hope that it will help solve the mystery of how the Red Planet lost mos...
Sting, War, Lou Reed for Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Sting, War, Lou Reed等获2015年摇滚名人堂提名 Welcome to American Mosaic from VOA Learning English. Im Caty Weaver. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has announced its nominees for induction t...
AS IT IS 2014-10-14 Senegal Uses Technology to Teach Reading 塞内加尔使用先进技术教授阅读 More and more Africans are using text messages, e-mail and social media to communicate. In Senegal, educators are using new technologies to teach...
AS IT IS 2014-10-14 US Satellites to Help Southeast Asia with Climate Change 美国卫星帮助东南亚应对气候变化挑战 Satellite imagery from the United States is expected to soon begin helping about 60 million people in the Lower Mekong Ri...
Hey, I'm Workin' for Chickenfeed Here! I'm Susan Clark with Words and Their Stories, a program in Special English on the Voice of America. Almost every language in the world has a saying that a person can never be too rich. Americans, like people in...
Columbus Discovers America 哥伦布发现美洲大陆 Editor's Note: This article on Christopher Columbus was originally published on Oct. 12, 2013. Generations of schoolchildren have been taught that Christopher Columbus discovered the New World. I...
